Woman badly burned in North Bexar County house fire

Updated 6:09 pm, Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

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Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

Photo: Elizabeth Zavala/San Antonio Express-News

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Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

Foam used as a fire suppressant lines the street in the 1100 block of Tecumseh in northern Bexar County.

Photo: Elizabeth Zavala/San Antonio Express-News

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

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Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Bexar County firefighters work a fire at a mobile home in a neighborhood in northern Bexar County.

Photo: Elizabeth Zavala/San Antonio Express-News

Woman badly burned in North Bexar County house fire

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A woman in her 30s suffered severe burns Tuesday afternoon after the inside of her mobile home caught fire in a neighborhood just west of U.S. 281 in northern Bexar County, fire officials said.

Ken Jarvis, public information officer for the Bexar-Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department, said the woman, who was not immediately identified, suffered burns to 74 percent of her body. She was taken by air ambulance to San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Jarvis said authorities are unsure how the fire began. He said when firefighters arrived, the woman was engulfed in flames.

A neighbor, Madeline Hamby, who lived across the street, has known the woman for about 27 years, said she had trouble getting through when she called 911. She said her neighbor is in her 30s.

"It took forever to get through" the system, she said, adding that several of her neighbors who called had the same experience of being put on hold.